Kwanzaa Celebration at MBC

9:49 AM,
Jan. 17, 2013

Dancing is one of the art forms demonstrated at MBC's 2012 Kwanzaa Celebration

Written by

Rebekah Carter
rcarter@newsleader.com

Join the celebration of family, community and culture at Mary Baldwin College's 16th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration this weekend, sponsored by the P.E.R.S.I.S.T. Program and Office of Inclusive Excellence at the Lyda B. Hunt Dining Hall.

Traditionally, Kwanzaa is a holiday honoring African heritage and African-American culture and a celebration of the first fruit or harvest. But at MBC, Kwanzaa has culminated into a celebration of its first-year students and their accomplishments.

"It is a way to welcome the African-American first-year students into the Mary Baldwin Community," said ...